Robot Teddy Knows Where You Live, What You’ve Been Doing
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 5 of June , 2008 at 2:36 am
This adorable little teddy bear is nothing less than a fully equipped GPS guidance system for your car. In fact, he is more than fully equipped. He’s borderline over equipped. In addition to providing verbal directions, the one foot tall robot has six motorized joints in his head and neck which allow him to gesture which direction to turn while he’s talking to you. If you stroke his head, he’ll tell you about any interesting things nearby, like landmarks. Now, here’s where the over equipped part comes in: if you stop (or accelerate) suddenly, he’ll start complaining (“watch out!”). And if he smells alcohol on your breath (yes, he’ll be sniffing you), he’ll say, “you haven’t been drinking, have you?” If you don’t admit to it, he’ll punch you in the face and then issue you a DUI.
Just kidding about that last part, but he could conceivably prevent you from starting your car until you pass his Breathalyzer test. Teddy’s designers, iXs Research Corporation, would like to have a smaller version on the market next year, and he won’t be just a teddy bear. You’ll be able to choose from a variety of characters, or a purely robotic version that hopefully you’ll be able to clothe in whatever friendly costume you can tolerate taking directions from.
VIA [ Pink Tentacle ]
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